Re: Maintenance of cobol-mode.el on ELPA

[Philip Kaludercic <philipk@posteo.net>]

kristofer@hjelmtorp.se writes:

>> On 05/05/2024 9:32 PM CEST Philip Kaludercic <philipk@posteo.net> wrote:
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>> kristofer@hjelmtorp.se writes:
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>> >> On 05/05/2024 4:10 PM CEST Philip Kaludercic <philipk@posteo.net> wrote:
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>> >> kristofer@hjelmtorp.se writes:
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>> >> >> On 05/03/2024 7:42 AM CEST Philip Kaludercic <philipk@posteo.net> wrote:
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>> >> >>  
>> >> >> kristofer@hjelmtorp.se writes:
>> >> >> 
>> >> >> > Greetings Emacs maintainers.
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > I noticed in the last update to the Elpa package; cobol-mode.el,
>> >> >> > that is now orphaned and that you are looking for someone to step
>> >> >> > up and maintain it.
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > I would be willing to take over that role if you would let me. I
>> >> >> > work with COBOL (IBM Enterprise COBOL) in my in daily work and use
>> >> >> > Emacs
>> >> >> > together with cobol-mode.el to do it. My emacs-lisp skills are
>> >> >> > mediocre at best but I will do my best to fix bugs and keep it
>> >> >> > working. But my ambition is to work on the missing features listed in
>> >> >> > the package, update it to include changes in the COBOL standards,
>> >> >> > improve the indentation and maybe in the future work on a tree-sitter
>> >> >> > implementation.
>> >> >> 
>> >> >> That sounds great!
>> >> >> 
>> >> >> > I do have very little knowledge about how a Elpa package like this is
>> >> >> > usually developed and how the commit process works so any information
>> >> >> > and tips are welcomed.
>> >> >> 
>> >> >> Currently the repository is part of elpa.git itself, but if someone else
>> >> >> were to take over maintenance, we could switch it to mirroring some
>> >> >> external repository that you would create.  You can use any Git forge
>> >> >> you like (I'd personally recommend Codeberg or Sourcehut).
>> >> >> 
>> >> >> Any changes you push to that repository will automatically be
>> >> >> synchronised upstream.  To release a new package, you just have to bump
>> >> >> the ";; Version: ..." header at the top of the file.
>> >> >> 
>> >> >> How does that sound like to you?
>> >> >> 
>> >> >
>> >> > That sounds great!
>> >> > I'm in the process of setting up a repository on Sourcehut. I will let
>> >> > you know when it's ready!
>> >> >
>> >> > I guess I just take the files from Elpa (just "cobol.el" from what I
>> >> > can see) and commit it to my new repo?
>> >> 
>> >> I think it would be better if you preserved the history by basing your
>> >> modifications on the branch in elpa.git:
>> >> 
>> >>   git clone -b externals/cobol-mode https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs/elpa.git
>> >> 
>> >> and then pushing that to SourceHut.
>> >> 
>> >
>> > Thanks for the instructions!
>> >
>> > I have created a new repository not at sourcehut; https://git.sr.ht/~hjelmtech/cobol-mode, and made one commit to change the maintainer. 
>> >
>> > Does it look good, or should I change something?
>> 
>> It looks good to me, and the ELPA build system isn't complaining either.
>> If you are ready and there are do objections, I can update elpa.git to
>> mirror your repository.
>> 
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> I'm ready! Though I still have not received confirmation from FSF on the paperwork, but I do have signed and sent them in.

Oh, I misunderstood that.  In that case we have to wait anyway.  Ping me
when it's done, I assume that anyone with comments on the issue will
have had enough time to send a message until then.

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>> >> >
>> >> >> > I have recently signed and sent in my FSF papers.
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > Best Regards
>> >> >> > Kristofer Hjelmtorp
>> >> >> 
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>> >> >> 	Philip Kaludercic on peregrine
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